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I have been using a combination of units from the Modules in A Growing Concern and Soils, Systems, and Society in my Introduction to Environmental Science course. The course itself is a mix of majors taking it for their Environmental Science Associates Degree and non-majors taking it...

I utilized various elements from A Growing Concern to create a 3-hr laboratory investigation for students in a nonmajors, introductory biology course. The lab is one component of a unit entitled "The Food Crisis," in which students learn about plant and animal biology and relate that...

I have implemented the first 5 unit of the A Growing Concern: Sustaining Soil Resources through Local Decision Making, the students are doing far better than I expected with materials. I am very appreciative of Hannah's review of draft revision of the materials I have for my online...

I implemented Unit 2 of the Climate of Change module in my introductory biology class the week of March 14th. I used the module in our class recitation, which are 50-minute sessions with 85 students per recitation (4 recitations x 85 students/recitation = 340 students). Because attendance at...

Last Thursday was the last day of the implementation. The biggest lesson I learned is that large group projects in a class the size of mine (n=82) have lots of free riders. I heard complaints from half a dozen people about the free riding.... So, I decided to build on Hannah's...

Classes start next Tuesday, so I am finalizing the syllabus. I plan on implement the Map your Hazards! Module from March 22 to April 7. I will do one unit per week, and focus specifically on flooding since we are in a flood prone area and we have had lots of flooding this very winter (see...